Question
Marla is talking to a friend and spreading a rumor that she heard about a co-worker. When the friend asks where she heard the rumor, Marla cannot remember. Marla is experiencing what psychologists call
1)retrograde amnesia.
2)anterograde amnesia.
3)source amnesia.
4)stress amnesia.
1)retrograde amnesia.
2)anterograde amnesia.
3)source amnesia.
4)stress amnesia.
Answers
Often we remember a message but cannot remember the source of the message. However, I have never heard the term, "source amnesia." This term may have been more recently coined after my training.
source
anterograde amnesia